Replica project: Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Replica project: Utrecht Ridge On the Utrecht Ridge, Staatsbosbeheer and Bosgroep Midden-Nederland are working together to make multifunctional forests on sandy soils more resilient to climate change and acidification. The multi-year project 'Climate Smart Forest Management' (2024-2029) focuses on climate-proofing a demo site and three practical sites with existing forest. The project links up with the national project LIFE Climate Forest of [...]
Prolander visit to Rozendaal Forest
Visit Prolander to Rozendaalse Bos On Friday 27 September, 35 employees of Prolander and the province of Drenthe took part in an excursion in the exemplary Rozendaalse Bos forest. Despite the heavy rain, the participants entered the forest enthusiastically. During the excursion, Brian van Beek (Senior forester projects, Staatsbosbeheer) and Jan Oldenburger (Forest advisor Gelderland, Staatsbosbeheer) explained the principles of [...]
Presentation: Revitalising Brabant forests
Presentation: revitalising Brabant forests Province of North Brabant organised the 2024 Forest Symposium on Friday 5 July. Together with BPG Vereniging landelijk Brabant, Bosgroep Zuid Nederland was allowed to provide the execution and interpretation. And apparently the topic and content appealed to quite a few people, because interested parties came in large numbers to Gorp and Roovert estate (Goirle) - also one of [...]
Publication: seeking protection from wildlife damage
Article: seeking protection from wildlife damage Continuous forest rejuvenation is an important means of increasing forest resilience. It is only difficult to get such rejuvenation off the ground. The main reason: damage to the saplings by wildlife such as deer, roe deer, boar and hares. It remains to find the right protection [...]
Mid-term meeting
Meeting Mid term On 24 June 2024, the Mid Term visit took place where our monitor from ELMEN An Bollen and the CINEA European Commission Boyana Vassileva were present. The LIFE Climate Forest project duration is already halfway through, which is why the mid-term meeting was scheduled. After discussing the overall project progress, deliverables and milestones, updates by [...]
Article: Forest must be managed differently
Article: forests must be managed differently Climate change is also affecting Dutch forests. "We need to manage them differently, otherwise we will lose a large part of our forests in the next century," says forest ecologist Etiënne Thomassen in this article in De Gelderlander. On 30 May 2024, Dagblad De Gelderlander pays ample attention to the need to manage forests differently (read: [...]
Replica project: Utrechtse Heuvelrug
Replica project: Utrecht Ridge On the Utrecht Ridge, Staatsbosbeheer and Bosgroep Midden-Nederland are working together to make multifunctional forests on sandy soils more resilient to climate change and acidification. The multi-year project 'Climate Smart Forest Management' (2024-2029) focuses on climate-proofing a demo site and three practical sites with existing forest. The project links up with the national project LIFE Climate Forest of [...]
Prolander visit to Rozendaal Forest
Visit Prolander to Rozendaalse Bos On Friday 27 September, 35 employees of Prolander and the province of Drenthe took part in an excursion in the exemplary Rozendaalse Bos forest. Despite the heavy rain, the participants entered the forest enthusiastically. During the excursion, Brian van Beek (Senior forester projects, Staatsbosbeheer) and Jan Oldenburger (Forest advisor Gelderland, Staatsbosbeheer) explained the principles of [...]
Presentation: Revitalising Brabant forests
Presentation: revitalising Brabant forests Province of North Brabant organised the 2024 Forest Symposium on Friday 5 July. Together with BPG Vereniging landelijk Brabant, Bosgroep Zuid Nederland was allowed to provide the execution and interpretation. And apparently the topic and content appealed to quite a few people, because interested parties came in large numbers to Gorp and Roovert estate (Goirle) - also one of [...]
Publication: seeking protection from wildlife damage
Article: seeking protection from wildlife damage Continuous forest rejuvenation is an important means of increasing forest resilience. It is only difficult to get such rejuvenation off the ground. The main reason: damage to the saplings by wildlife such as deer, roe deer, boar and hares. It remains to find the right protection [...]
Mid-term meeting
Meeting Mid term On 24 June 2024, the Mid Term visit took place where our monitor from ELMEN An Bollen and the CINEA European Commission Boyana Vassileva were present. The LIFE Climate Forest project duration is already halfway through, which is why the mid-term meeting was scheduled. After discussing the overall project progress, deliverables and milestones, updates by [...]
Article: Forest must be managed differently
Article: forests must be managed differently Climate change is also affecting Dutch forests. "We need to manage them differently, otherwise we will lose a large part of our forests in the next century," says forest ecologist Etiënne Thomassen in this article in De Gelderlander. On 30 May 2024, Dagblad De Gelderlander pays ample attention to the need to manage forests differently (read: [...]